HOW TO HOLD A DECK OF CARDS – THE BASIC GRIPS card magic tutorial

Having trouble to learn advanced sleight of hand moves in card magic? Maybe it´s because you are not holding the cards right? Many novices of card magic have this problem. They try to learn the pass, the glide or the double lift or any other sleight, but never showed themselves concerned with learning how to properly hold a deck of cards in the first place! That just can go wrong!
Getting started with card magic the first thing to learn is how to hold a deck of cards withe the BASIC GRIPS: #1 The Dealers Grip, #2 The Straddle Grip, # The Mechanics Grip / Magicians Grip as well as the right hand most basic grip: 4# The Overhand Grip!
If you are serious about your card magic, you have to make sure to be familiar with these proper techniques of holding playing cards. Improve your card handling right away and make your performances of any card trick pleasing for the eyes of your spectators! A proper grip is the key to any good card magic!

1. “Dealers Grip” is often used synonym with “Mechanics Grip”. Because of that I call “Magicians Grip” what actually should be called “Mechanics Grip” in my opinion.
2. Furthermore I use “Mechanics Grip” for the grip, that usually and very often is called “Straddle Grip” or “Straddle Position”.

In CONCLUSION the grips presented in this tutorial can be named with a different system:

This might even be the better naming system. This got to my attention thanks to Philafxs explanatory notes in the comment section below. He suggests the following naming system:

A) Full Grip, B) Straddle Grip & C) Dealers/Mechanics Grip

I say, whatever works for you guys! 😉 As long as we agree on the main subject: And that is to be aware of the differences in position and purpose of these basic grips.
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THE PICK A CARD ROUTINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NzxW8urHt0
You want to learn card magic? This is where to start your journey on the royal road to card magic. Next to learning some beginner card tricks, you need to practice how to handle playing cards in general. We are talking about the very basics of card magic. How to hold a deck of cards? How to spread a deck of cards? How to square up cards neatly? The Basic Grips, the Classic in Hands Spread and the Square Up are fundamental techniques in card magic, you have not just be familiar with. Holding cards, spreading cards and squaring up cards needs to be mastered, needs to be at four fingertips. Any novice of close-up card magic, needs to get those right from scratch! Because every card trick builds on a fundamental three step pattern of handling playing cards: THE PICK A CARD ROUTINE. No matter what kind of card trick you perform, and what kind of card magic style you are after. You always start from a basic grip, you always display the cards and you will square them up over and over again. So lets get started with this powerful tutorial series covering THE VERY BASICS OF CARD MAGIC completely for free!

HOW TO SQUARE UP CARDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jTGlLhic6g
Squaring up a deck of cards is a fundamental technique in card magic. You basically do it all the time from the very first beginner card tricks, you will learn! Also squaring up playing cards is pretty useful to cover up some sneaky moves and sleights, like catching a pinky break for example. So it´s very important to study a proper Square-Up from the very start of your career as a card magician! Take this seriously and become a great card magician in no time!

SPREADING THE DECK IN YOUR HANDS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHRhvsCfRnY
Learn how to spread playing cards in your hands with this in-depth tutorial teaching you the Classic in Hands Spread. Next to basic techniques like holding, shuffling, cutting and squaring up cards, spreading them is fundamental to any card magic. Countless card tricks have the spectator select a card, therefore the apprentice of card magic has got to study this method well! With this 3rd and final tutorial the series THE VERY BASICS OF CARD MAGIC is completed. If you are a beginner at the art of conjuring focus next on learning different methods of how to shuffle a deck of cards and include some fancy false cuts into your repertory. These tutorial series might come in handy:

4 ROCKING WAYS TO SHUFFLE LIKE A PRO

THE 3 BOLDES FALSE CUTS IN GAMBLING AND CONJURING

And all of this completely for free!
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